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03/08/2015 12:30

RNS Number : 8956U
GoldmanSachs International
03 August 2015
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
BG GROUP PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
31 July 2015
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES - disclosed previously for BG GROUP PLC
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Purchases
668,567
6,518,378
26.4500 EUR
18.6200 GBP
25.7692 EUR
18.2900 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
Sales
541,425
6,380,231
18.6200 GBP
26.4750 EUR
18.2900 GBP
22.8094 EUR
ADR / (1.00 : 2.00)
Purchases
52,219 (104,438)
57.4251 USD
57.4251 USD
ADR / (1.00 : 2.00)
Sales
52,219 (104,438)
57.4251 USD
57.4251 USD
Class of relevant security
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Purchases
814,664
18.8150 GBP
18.4900 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Sales
1,585,094
18.8350 GBP
18.4750 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
200
18.4000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
1,072
18.4000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,184
18.4000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,625
18.4000 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,070
18.4025 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,070
18.4175 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
8,100
18.4404 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
269
18.4600 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
150,000
18.5907 GBP
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,658
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,539
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,021
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,910
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,022
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
17,165
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
5,014
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
854
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,000
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
10,414
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
4,216
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
4,218
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
8,805
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
7,787
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
3,960
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
7,979
26.2037 EUR
EUR 0.07 A ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a short position
135,269
26.1774 EUR
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities
Price per unit
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,100
18.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,371
18.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
2,018
18.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,966
18.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
126
18.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
454
18.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
1,425
18.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
531
18.6050 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
531
18.6100 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,100
18.6400 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
722
18.6485 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,372
18.6485 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
10,800
18.6505 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
14,246
18.6865 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
382
18.6896 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
133,125
18.6913 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
2,966
18.7240 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
608
18.7240 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
1,425
18.7367 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
175
18.7367 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
60,633
18.7418 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
CFD
Opening a short position
2,031
29.0933 USD
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
1,590
18.6279 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
650
18.6279 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Increasing a long position
15,997
18.6917 GBP
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
SWAP
Opening a long position
15,997
18.6917 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security
Product description e.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
EUR 0.07 B ordinary
Call Option / (1.00 : 1,000.00)
Selling
300 (300,000)
19.0000 GBP
AMERICAN
18/09/2015
0.2000 GBP
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising / exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit





(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)



3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE
Date of disclosure:
03 August 2015
Contact name:
Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis
Telephone number:
+44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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